[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871) › c13.57 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c13.57 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c13.57 - **Language:** English ### [c13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.57) Opiai of Hekæteus, 25; their royal town not identified, probably Kabul, 36. Opiân, 18, 20, 21, called Hupiân by Bâber, 21. O.po.kien, or Afghan, 41, 87. Oritæ, or Horitæ, a barbarous people to west of Indus, 304, 307. Ortospana, 18; the Sanskrit Urd-dhasthâna, 33; identified with the Bâla Hisâr of Kabul, 35. Oxykanus, or Portikanus, king of the Præsti, in upper Sindh, 259, 260; name probably derived from Ptolemy's Oskana, 262. Ozola of Ptolemy, the Ho.sa.lo of the Chinese, 40. - [Previous: c13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.56) - [Next: c13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.58) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.57) · Pramāṇa